MP: Emergency laws that helped fight Covid-19 should be reintroduced in Parliament as a Bill

KUALA LUMPUR: The announcement that Emergency laws had been revoked about a week before the special parliamentary sitting came as a surprise to Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham (PH – Beruas), who claimed there was no proof of such a decision.

“I checked the National Security Council’s website as well as the Attorney General’s Chambers' website but I did not see any declaration or gazettement that reflected the Law Minister’s announcement,” he said, referring to Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan.

In a press conference on Monday (July 26), Ngeh said the Emergency and its laws should not be abolished totally as some rules may still be necessary to control the spread of Covid-19.

He proposed instead that the ordinances be brought to Parliament as a Bill for MPs to consider passing as law.

Only ordinances that did not serve the country should be abolished, he added.

He urged Takiyuddin to show proof that the proclamation of Emergency would not be extended beyond Aug 1.

Earlier, Takiyuddin, who is also Kota Baru MP, told the Dewan Rakyat that a total of six Emergency Ordinances that were gazetted had been revoked on July 21.